Recreating PyCharm launcher in Ubuntu

Question

I installed pycharm normally via bin/pycharm.sh, but the mistake I made was doing bash pycharm.sh while the pycharm directory has inside the D

Answer 1

sudo vim `which charm`

Now edit the RUN_PATH.

Answer 2

you can always use python for automation may be this will help you a python script that allows u to run pycharm as user or sudoers/root

    import os
    from time import sleep
    sleep(1)
    program = input('which program to run: >')

    if program == "pycharm":
        os.chdir('#full path to pycharm paste here')
        root = input('run as root(y/n): >')
        if root == 'y':
            print('started ' + program + ' as root')
            sleep(0.5)
            print('please enter root password to continue:')
            os.system('sudo ./pycharm.sh')
        elif root == 'n':
            print('running ' + program + ' as non root')
            os.system('./pycharm.sh')
    elif program != 'pycharm':
        print('program not found')

Answer 3

Now the pycharm updated to version 2016.1 and I find the file jetbrains-pycharm.desktop in the path ~/.local/share/applications

then just edit the path for Icon and Exec

Answer 4

In case you just want to update your launcher to point to an updated PyCharm, for me changing 4.0.4 to 4.0.6 in the following worked:

nano /usr/share/applications/jetbrains-pycharm.desktop

Answer 5

In the 2016 version of PyCharm just do following:

1. Start PyCharm.
2. From the Tools menu, select "Create Desktop Entry..."
3. Create entry for "all the users" if required.
4. Relaunch PyCharm from Launcher.